J. D. Bowman

Biography

Abstract

J. David Bowman researches medium energy physics, pion nucleus interaction, muon decay, and symmetry principles. His institutional affiliations include Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Important Dates

August 24, 1939Birth, White Plains (N.Y.).

1961Obtained BS, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).

1967Obtained PhD in Physics and Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).

1967 – 1968Research Fellow, Nuclear and Solid State Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).

1968 – 1970Professor of Nuclear Physics, University of Bonn (Universität Bonn).

1970 – 1973Research Fellow in Nuclear Chemistry, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

1973 – 1993Staff Member, Nuclear Physics, Meson Physics Facility (1973-1993) and Staff Member, Physics Division (1993-2002), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos (N.M.).

2002Awarded Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society.

2002 – presentStaff Member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge (Tenn.).

Occupation

Nuclear physicist.

Places

Birth

White Plains (N.Y.)

Undergraduate Education

Pasadena (Calif.)

Graduate Education

Pasadena (Calif.)

Employment

Los Alamos (N.M.)

Oak Ridge (Tenn.)

Subjects

Muons.

Nuclear physics.

Pions.

Symmetry (Physics).

Relationships

People

Colleagues

Adelberger, Eric G.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Agnew, Harold M.

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.

Anderson, Carl D. (Carl David), 1905-1991

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Anderson, Herbert Lawrence

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Bacher, Robert F. (Robert Fox), 1905-2004

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Bahcall, John N.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Barish, B. C. (Barry Clark), 1936-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Boehm, Felix

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Browne, John C.

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Campbell, David K.

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Christy, Robert F.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Clarke, John, 1942-

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Clauser, John F. (John Francis), 1942-

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Clogston, Albert McCavour

Both employed at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Cohen, Marvin L.

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Dashen, Roger F.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Diamond, R. M.

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Duffield, Robert B.

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.

DuMond, Jesse W. M. (Jesse William Monroe), 1892-1976

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Edwards, David F. (David Franklin)

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Feigenbaum, Mitchell, 1944-2019

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Fisk, Zachary

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Fowler, William A.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Frauenfelder, Hans, 1922-

Both employed at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Gell-Mann, Murray

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Gould, Roy W. (Roy Walter), 1927-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Grunder, Hermann

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Hardy, John Christopher

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

Haxton, Wick C.

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Hecker, Siegfried S.

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Hellwarth, Robert Willis, 1930-2021

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Kerr, Donald M.

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Keyworth, George A., II, 1939-

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Knapp, Edward A.

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Lauritsen, Charles Christian, 1892-1968

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Lauritsen, Thomas, 1915-1973

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Leighton, Robert B.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

McMillan, Edwin M. (Edwin Mattison), 1907-

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Moss, Joel M.

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Poskanzer, A. M. (Arthur M.), 1931-

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Robertson, R. G. Hamish, 1943-

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Robinson, C. Paul

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Stephens, F. S. (Frank Samuel)

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Trilling, George H.

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Wheatley, John Charles

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Wiringa, Robert Bruce

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.

Zweig, George

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Institutions

Major Positions

California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy

Obtained BS (1961) and PhD in Physics and Mathematics (1967). Research Fellow, Nuclear and Solid State Physics.

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Research Fellow in Nuclear Chemistry.

Lawrence Radiation Laboratory

Research Fellow in Nuclear Chemistry (Berkeley campus).

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Staff Member, Nuclear Physics, Meson Physics Facility and Staff Member, Physics Division.

Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

Staff Member, Nuclear Physics, Meson Physics Facility.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Staff Member.

Universität Bonn. Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik

Professor of Nuclear Physics.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

American Physical Society

Fellow and received 2002 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics.

Resources

Published Resources

Author

Tests of time reversal invariance in neutron physics : April 17-19 1987, Chapel Hill, NC / edited by N.R. Roberson, C.R. Gould, J.D. Bowman.